Question

Choose the sentence in which the passive voice is used. A)The show was awarded a prize by the local drama club. B) George Bernard Shaw wrote that play. C) The cast members designed the costumes and backdrops.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. The show was awarded a prize by the local drama club.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the English language, the active voice follows a subject, verb, and object structure. On the opposite, in the passive voice, the object is the first element, followed by a verb that includes a form of the verb to be or auxiliary and the main verb in past participle, and finally, the verb is followed by the subject, although this can be omitted. In this way, the subject is the least important element or it is passive. According to this, the passive voice sentence is "The show was awarded a prize by the local drama club" as in this the object is first "the show", then the verb includes the auxiliary verb "was" and the past participle "awarded" and finally there is the subject the local drama club.

Answer 2

A)The show was awarded a prize by the local drama club.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passive voice is made up of the appropriate form of the verb "to be" + the past participle of the main verb and it is used to put emphasis on who or what receives or experience an action instead of the one who performs the action, and it

Sentence A uses the passive voice because it puts the focus on the thing that was awarded a prince: The show, instead of the people who gave the price; it uses the appropriate form of the verb "to be" in simple past: was and the past participle awarded that comes from the verb award.